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Agri Politics

Descendants of Harris County farmers reclaim trashed historic Black cemetery

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Who. Is. Lucy? And why is an unauthorized power line cutting through her burial site? Splintered beer bottles, busted tires and utility truck tracks suffocating her billfold-sized, defiant marker. The same scene for hundreds — maybe thousands — of nameless enslaved and freed Black residents of Harris County, Georgia. All neglected alongside 5122 Pierce...
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COVID-19

15 COVID resources Black farmers should know about, act on

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BFN wants to keep you in the know about resources that can help you and your farm during COVID-19. As relevant information becomes available,...
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Agribusiness

Volunteer State farmer flips lawn into sustainable poultry operation

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Buy processed chicken strips for $20 a bag or go home empty-handed. Those were Vincent Padgett Sr.’s grocery meat options during the global pandemic....
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Agribusiness

Female farmer produces hemp history in South Georgia

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She pushes. He pulls. They both use their bodyweight to heave the makeshift hemp seed dispenser across lumpier soil. Sweat scampers down their melanin-filled...
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Black Belt landowners: Clear heirs property titles to profit from COVID relief bill, rural attorney advises

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SOLD! Forty acres of the Louisiana parcel — gone. Just 10 left to will down the generational line. A family meeting in the ’90s...
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Tech farmer uses micro-livestock to restart family traditions on centennial land

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Four goats and a donkey bush hog family history back into view. Undergrowth blanket where 19th- and 20th-century kin folk of the Hicks household...
Agri Politics

7 scarring facts, figures about America’s Black Belt Region people

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It’s a documented tract of high-yielding land. And if you were white, an opportunity for agricultural growth — continuous wealth. America’s Black Belt Region...
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Branding strategies BFN applied to position farmer Sedrick Rowe for national exposure

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Georgia farmer Sedrick Rowe grows crops as if they’re an outdoor art. His green thumb is simply genius. And he’s one of only a...
Agribusiness

This first-year livestock farmer forecasts promise in cattle, COVID

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They spring from the family's Polaris 4-wheeler already knowing the day's duties. Mariah refills the water troughs. Makinzi replenishes the gatefeeders. The 11- and...

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